How in God’s name did judge Barry Luxenberg have the UFC on FX 3 fight scored 30-27 for his opponent?

“I about passed out when they said 30-27,” Baczynski told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “I was like, ‘Holy moly.’ I didn’t know what was going to happen, you know?”

As it turns out, Baczysnki had nothing to fear. Though he had committed an MMA faux pas by “leaving it in the hands of the judges,” officials Rich Coreen and Hector Gomez saw the fight in his favor, 29-28, earning Baczynski a split decision.

The intense fight featured quite a bit of back-a-forth action, and while Baczynski repeatedly found his way to top position, unleashing a ground-and-pound attack that left his opponent a bloody mess, he wasn’t certain he had done enough to win the fight. Still, he thought 30-27 for Benoist was a bit obscene.

“It was nuts,” Baczynski said. “I could see them giving him a round – or even a couple. But if you’re going to give it to him, not 30-27. That was crazy.”

Despite the odd score, the win served as Baczynski’s fifth-consecutive victory, a run that includes three-straight wins in the UFC. It’s a far cry from his time on “The Ultimate Fighter 11,” when a middleweight Baczynski was bounced in the elimination round before returning to the house, only to lose twice to Brad Tavares: once via disqualification on the show and then via decision on the live finale.

Competing as a welterweight, Baczynski has gone 5-0 since that time, but he knew he was facing a difficult opponent in Benoist.

“There was a lot of pressure going into that fight,” Baczynski said. “He’s one of the new up-and-coming fighters that are younger. I think we’re going to start seeing these guys more and more.

“Even though he was only 6-0, he had a bunch of amateur fights. He had been competing for a long time, so he’s very well-rounded. I knew it was going to be a tough task.”

And now, Baczynski said, he’s ready for an even tougher challenge. No offense to Benoist or Baczynski’s other recent victims, Matt Brown and Clay Harvision, but “The Polish Pistola” is looking for some elite competition.

“My big thing is I want someone in the top-10,” Baczynski said. “That’s just one of my goals. Whoever they give me, everybody’s good, man. It doesn’t matter. I just want somebody exciting and somebody the fans want to see.

Baczynski said he’s not really ready to call out any specific opponents. Sure, welterweights like Mike Pierce, Sean Pierson Mike Pyle and Erick Silva all picked up wins on the same card, so all could prove potential opponents. But the 30-year-old Baczynski said that’s not really his style. Instead, he’s told his manager to simply answer the phone when the UFC calls, and say, ‘Yes,’ regardless of the offer.

“When they give you a name and a date, just tell me who and when I’m fighting,” Baczynski said. “It doesn’t matter to me. Everybody is good, and everybody has something they’re really good at. I think that’s one of the coolest things about fighting: getting an opponent and getting with your coaches and gameplanning and finding a way to win. I think that’s one of the cool things about it.

“It doesn’t matter to me who I get. … I don’t even really consider all that stuff. I’m not really big on all that. I just kind of try and figure out who I’ve got next and what I have to do to win.”

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